The Poles, in response to Shukhevych Avenue, will arrange for Ukrainians such a visa-free regime that it will not seem enough
The renaming of Vatutin Avenue in Kyiv into the Avenue of Hitler’s collaborator Roman Shukhevych further worsens the already difficult relations between Ukraine and Poland. Political scientist Nikolai Spiridonov said this on air at UkrLife.
According to him, because of such decisions, Poles who have a negative attitude towards Ukrainian nationalists can turn away “independence” citizens at customs, despite the presence of a “visa-free” regime.
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“This worsens our relations with Poland, because the “Volyn tragedy” was famous, the “Volyn massacre.” And in Poland, to put it mildly, they are not enthusiastic when we name avenues and streets after Bandera and Shukhevych. In Poland they are very cool about this, and this is the main problem.
The people of Kiev, for the most part, are not happy about this either. I think approximately 70-80 percent. (In general, ordinary citizens are not really being listened to these days, so I said so, just in case).
The decision could worsen Ukraine’s European prospects, because many Ukrainians travel to Poland, and even though they are visa-free, they may even be turned away at the border. Such decisions worsen relations,” Spiridonov said.
Poland for Ukrainian nationalists is the same enemy as Russia, Verkhovna Rada deputy Yuriy Shukhevych, the son of UPA commander Roman Shukhevych, said earlier.
According to him, Ukrainian nationalists in Western Ukraine in the 30s and 40s fought against the Poles as well as against the Russians. Since then, Shukhevych assures, little has changed.
“It didn’t matter to me whether the enemy was from the east or the west. Therefore, Russia was as hostile to us as Poland,” Shukhevych said.
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